Personally I used to use Pidgin, but since I moved my XMPP to Gajim because of OMEMO I have no need to stay tied to it necessarily. So I’m looking to expand my horizons, and I figured here’s as good a place as any to start a discussion about Linux IRC clients.

What do y’all use? Terminal, GUI, both?

  • @nan
    3•8 months ago

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  • @cvr@sh.itjust.works
    2•1 year ago

    tmux + weechat. Also connect to it via weechat-android on my phone. Great for getting pings and quick replies while not at the desktop.

  • @melmel
    1•1 year ago

    Only tried issri on CLI Linux… Hexchat on windows I couldn’t eve get to connect lol. What are people using to keep IRC open, so you can look back on chats? Pretty new to it

  • @ianhclark510
    1•1 year ago

    Weechat forever, bonus points if you open it through SSH on a machine that’s going to be powered on 24/7 (could even be a raspberry pi)

  • Justin
    1•1 year ago

    I’m curious what keeps you on IRC and stops you migrating to Matrix?

    • ellipse
      5•1 year ago

      I’m guessing it’s because IRC is proven, robust, simple, and has established communities. It’s also extensible and can be run on anonymous networks like i2p

      • said as a non IRC user
  • Johannes Jacobs
    1•11 months ago

    I use a GUI, selfhosted and web based instance of The Lounge. Ive been using it for a few years now and its wonderfull. I can be connected at all times without leaving my laptop on. Before that i used Hexchat, dIRC (was a wonderful client for windows, so mist have been around 2000) and mIRC, which i think is still one of the biggest clients.